Oppression and Liberty (Routledge Classics)

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A legendary essayist, political philosopher and member of the French resistance, her literary output belied her tragically short life.


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Please try again later. Weil is one of the greatest libertarian orientated socialists I've ever had the pleasure to read. This short volume comprises her assessment of socialism in theory and practice, beginning with existing oppression Weil considers the theory and practice of socialists in response. There is an excellent elucidation of how the Bolsheviks accepted in pracice the sort of arrangements that they themselves had opposed in opposition when introduced by the Tsar.

Oppression and Liberty

The final essay in the book is difficult to read and messy but most of the points have been made already in the essays prior to that. Weil endevoured to combine labour and intellectual work herself in her own life by interspacing lecturing with stints working in a factories. Weil describes in the closing chapter once more how she felt socialists must distinguish between necessary evils and avoidable suffering in seeking to better the world around them.

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Its a very interesting book on the "other" issues in socialism besides questions about equality or need, questions such as the structure of the state, division of labour and specialism in life and the economy. A really neglected volume this is a great addition to book shelf of any socialist who is willing to take libertarians such as Hayek, Mise, Rothbard or Friedmann seriously.

First English Language Edition. Edited and translated by Elisabeth Chase Geissbuhler. Dust jacket slightly worn and chipped with slight loss. Appears to be rebound in library binding very sturdy no cover design. Usual ex-library treatments and pencil underlining is present throughout the text. Un volume cm di pagine. Introduzione di Gustave Thibon. Brossura editoriale dorso brunito. Ships from the UK.


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Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Paperback The binding is weak and wants to crack mid-text. Else Very Good in Wraps: No longer 'As New' but remains clean sturdy and quite presentable. The text of course is in French. Weil's life was marked by an exceptional compassion for the suffering of others; at the age of six for instance she refused to eat sugar after she heard that soldiers fighting in World War I had to go without.

She died from tuberculosis during World War II possibly exacerbated by malnutrition after refusing to eat more than the minimal rations that she believed were available to soldiers at the time.

After her graduation from formal education Weil became a teacher. She taught intermittently throughout the s taking several breaks due to poor health and to devote herself to political activism work that would see her assisting in the trade union movement taking the side of the Anarchists in the Spanish Civil War known as the Durruti Column and spending more than a year working as a labourer mostly in auto factories so she could better understand the working class. Taking a path that was unusual among twentieth-century left-leaning intellectuals she became more religious and inclined towards mysticism as her life progressed.

Weil wrote throughout her life though most of her writings did not attract much attention until after her death. In the s and s her work became famous on continental Europe and throughout the English-speaking world. Her thought has continued to be the subject of extensive scholarship across a wide range of fields.

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A meta study from the University of Calgary found that between and over new scholarly works had been published about her. She inspired great affection in many of those who knew her. Albert Camus described her as "the only great spirit of our times. Un volume 23 cm di XVI pagine.